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Show ROOK OF MOSIAN. BOOK OF MOSYAH, pent, and turn unto the Lord their God, they shall be brought in. to bondage ; and none shall deliver them, except it be the Lord the Almighty God. Yea, and it shall come to pass that when they shall cry unto me, I will be slow to hear their cries; yea, and I will suffer them that they be smitten by their enemies And except they repent in sackcloth and ashes, and cry mightily to the Lord their God, I will not hear their prayers, ne: ther will I deliver them out of their afflictions; will smite this my people, with sore afflictions ; yea, with famine and with pestilence; and I will cause that they shall how] all the day long. and thus saith words ‘unto them, they were wroth with him, and sought to take away his life; but the Lord delivered him out of their ad - } £ ss J 7 7 hands. Now when king Noah had heard of the words which _ Abinadichad spake)unto the people, he was also wroth; ant he saith, Whovis Abinadi, that I and my people should he judged of him? or who is the Lord, that shall bring upon my people such great affliction? Icommand you to bring Abinati hither, that I may slay him: for he hath said these things, thet he might stir up my people to anger, one with another, and (0 raise contentions among my people; therefore, I will slay him. Now unto the king, And it came to pass that after the space of two years, th Abinadi came among them in disguise, that they knew him n0, and began again to prophesy among them, saying, Thus ball wo be unto this generation. And the Lord said unto me; \ Stretch forth thy hand, and prophesying, saying, Thus s2! o shall. be slain; and the vultures of the air, and the dogs, y% and the wild beasts, shall devour their flesh. is And it shall come to pass that the life of king Noah she! be valued even as a garment know that Pam the Lord. ina ie : : th the Lord: It shall come to pass that this generation, becau“ of their iniquities, shall be brought into bondage, and shall be smitten on the cheek; yea, and shall be driven by men, ane hot furnace; for he sh And jt shall come to pass that’ Behold, we have brought.a man before thee it is ;) pe, if the wind bloweth, it is driven forth upon the face he ee land and he pretendeth the Lord hath spoken it. And saith all this shall come upon thee, except thou repent; ind this because of thine iniquities. ser will I visit them in their iniquities and abominations; ye’ ~ pean thou shalt be as the blossoms of a thistle, which when the Lord commanded me, saying: Abinadi, go and prophes! unto this my people, for they have hardened their heats against my words; they have repented not of their evil domes: therefore, I will visit them in my anger, yea, in my fierce al . ; Which has prophesied evil concerning thy people, and saith that God will destroy them; and he also prophesieth evil convthing thy life, and saith that thy life shall be as a garment ia furnace of fire. And again: He saith that thou shalt be wastalk, even as a dry stalk of the field, which is ran over bythe beasts and trodden under foot. And again: He saith hardened his heart against the word of the Lord; and he di uot repent of his evil doings. y — User Oe “ it ny. . I will cause that they shall have ndit came to pass that ihey were angry with him; and they took him and carried him bound before the king, and saith the eyes of the people were blinded; therefore, they mat and this people, hardened their hearts against the words of Abinadi, and the) sought from that time forward to take him. And king Noal ; Yea, burdens lashed upon their backs; and they shall be driven before, hike a dumb ass. Andit shall come to pass that I will send forth hail among them, and it shall smite them; and they shall also be smitten with the east wind; and inseets shall pester their land also, and devour their grain. And they shall be smitten with a great pestilence; and all this will I do, because of their ink quities and abominations. And it shall come to pass that except they repent, I will utterly destroy them from off the face of the earth; yet they shall leave a record behind them, and I will preserve them for other nations which shall possess the land ; yea, even this will Ido, thatI may discover the abominations of ihis people to other nations. And many things did Abinadi prophesy against the Lord, and thus hath he commanded me. Now it came to pass that when Abinadi had spoken these oy 181 O king, what creat evil hast thou done, or what Shas thy people committed, that we should be con- me of God, or judged of this man? And now, O king, thenatt we are guiltless, and thou, O king, hast not sinned; ieee man hast lied concerning you, and he hath ? come int : on vain.“ And behold, we are strong, we shall not and thou } ondage, or be taken captive by our enemies; yea, per, { su hast prospered in the land, and thou shalt also pros- bas chold, here is the man, we deliver him into thy hands; “yest do with him as seemeth thee good. it fame to pass that king Noah caused. that Abinadi: |
